I submitting three B&W digital photos for a competition with my photography club. One photo I am considering entering is a landscape and I am considering submitting the photo with an image border. Club members in general frown on adding borders saying it is a distraction and does not add anything to the photo. I googled this subject and got mixed comments. Most people like adding a simple border saying it finishes off the photo. Others dont because it can be a distraction. I have added a border to some photos for competition in the past and got criticized for doing so. How do you know when to add a border or not? Would appreciate comments from the UHH forum.

A friend of mine who's a real studio-photographer techie was raving about ON1 Photo RAW 2018, saying it solved many problems for him. Unfortunately, he didn't explain which problems he was talking about. I'm a stringer for the Los Angeles Times, have been using Photoshop for many years, and don't see any particular reason to switch but I'm always willing to listen to new suggestions. How does anyone feel about ON1 RAW versus PS? Is there a reason to think it will speed up my turnaround or improve my visual quality? I got the 30-day free trial but it mentions "hundreds" of video tutorials! I'm thoroughly intimidated and incline to the proverbial path of least resistance, i.e. stick with PS. Thanks in advance, everyone. -- Spencer

Eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
W. Kentucky, USA - 9/22/2018
1/100 sec - f/8.0 - ISO 320

Interesting Tidbit: Eastern Phoebe feeds primarily on insects, such as flying insects,
wasps, ants, flies, and wild bees. They eat also invertebrates such as grasshoppers,
spiders, hair worms from the water, and small fishes and crustaceans in shallow water.
It may eat some fruit and few seeds, when insects are less abundant. Eastern Phoebes
nest is strongly parasitized by brown-headed cowbird. Female cowbird removes Phoebes
eggs, and its egg is rarely rejected by the Eastern Phoebe female.
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